I thought he was quite useless. But of late he’s been doing good.

Now if I can just be proved terribly wrong about MB. :)

They’re not as bad as I thought overall.

I’m concerned about Charlie Marbles right now, but the rest of the ’pen has been pretty steady of late.

…then I recanted my recant. Now I’m cosidering recanting my recanting of my original recant….

Which makes me VERY happy. Eating crow is very tasty when it means good things for the Cubs.

……….confirm my belief that I returned home too early from the bar.

On my way out the door to get another (or six more) cocktail(s).

Nearly a month ago, I said that the cubs would start hitting, and pointed to Sori’s .258 average as aberrantly low. His average has since gotten closer to the Mendoza line than his career average. Glad I wasn’t wrong about the other guys though. (incidently, I still believe that Sori will start hitting, unless he’s hurt).

: )

and engage in an impromptu soccer game like its WWI?

Since he nearly blew a 5-0 lead on May 16, he’s made 14 appearances.

15 IP, 11 H, 4 BB, 12 K, 2 ER, 1.20 ERA, 2-0, 4 saves.

He’s done an excellent job for the last month. Keep up the good work.

…krummy12 to the white courtesy phone…

First and foremost, I had given up on Derrek Lee about a month ago. I was begging to Micah to Jake to get starts, and I even had the conversation with my dad (who is literally the biggest DLee fan around, not sure why, but he’s been singing his praises since 2003) about how he was totally useless and should be a bench player in favor of Micah… I’m so sorry I gave up on you, Derrek – thank you so much for finding 2005 all over again.

Secondly, I actually stopped watching the games for a while. It was so bad for a while there I was actually checking the score the NEXT DAY instead of following every pitch possible. Especially after the lost the 2nd game after the 8-game losing streak… that was the clincher in my mind… I had totally given up at that point. I finally started seriously watching maybe 5 or 6 games ago, and I’m so glad I did. Eventhough we haven’t been perfect, it’s been like watching a new team… the Cardiac COMEBACK Cubs are back, and it’s so great to see :-)

I was vocal about wanting Hoff to start until he proved he couldn’t keep up his pace. Glad to be wrong about that!

Also wrong about Sori… I said early this year that he was on his way to an MVP type of season. Clearly that was off.

1) Derrek Lee – a couple weeks ago I was moaning about his NTC and telling everyone within listening distance “he’s past it”. Not sure if he got a hold of Popeye’s spinach or Z’s energy drinks but he’s come on like gangbusters and propping up the team.

2) Closing the Game Threads – yesterday was the first time in a while that I joined in during a game and it was a lot of fun! Funny commentary and anecdotes, and best of all we won. Everyone comported themselves very well, and I hope that trend continues (finger pointed right at myself).

3) Going to games in person – sure, they cater to the casual fan and there’s always something blasting over the PA encouraging people to make noise. But I was wrong to say that going to a game in person was insulting to one’s intelligence and an exercise in crass pandering. I still like going to ST in Mesa, and there’s some new parks I want to go see, and of course there’s the Friendly Confines.

About a month ago, I wrote a post “120 games left-what I’d do”, and one of my suggestions was making Carlos Marmol the closer instead of Gregg. Gregg has been very solid, while Marmol has struggled with his command considerably.

I thought Lee was in major trouble, but boy has he turned it around!

I will admit to being wrong about Marmol, who I thought would be dominant this year, and about about Guzman, who I did not expect to amount to much of anything. I was also wrong about Bradley. I did not want them to sign him as he is too unstable, physically and emotionally (I was hoping for Abreu), but I assumed when he was healthy, Bradley would be the hitter he has been throughout his career, and he clearly has not been, although there are limited signs he may be getting better.

I thought he would be booed out of Wrigley and would melt under the pressure. He’s started to hit and has been in the lineup. Still holding my breath though.

we’re at game 64….98 to go. Take ‘em for what they’re worth, let’s see ‘em go out and win today! Too much kneejerk reaction around here. It’s 3 wins in a row, now let’s see as 4th and then take it from there.

So whoever is admitting being “wrong” now cannot come back in a few weeks and say, I told ya so.

My coaches used to say to us: “Let’s go out and win the next game!”

I admit I was dead wrong about Lee because he appears to have more in the tank than I gave him credit for, and I’m happy for him…

on this team or any of the players. I will give all players a chance to prove themselves. I will say my biggest disappointment this season has been in Lou. I don’t even know what to think about him.

I thought he’d at least be better than Neifi was….. :-)

Still out on Gameboard. Don’t think I was wrong about anyonehere.

Too many other little dramas going on .. including A-Ram’s loss, Fukudome Episode 2, the eternal utility men lotto, etc.

I was NOT crazy with the MB deal at all, but I said before it happened that if it did, he’s be a Cub and I’d root him on. I have done so, and as predicted, he was as fragile as a canary (almost as much as Harden) and has had to be handled with kid gloves. But he’s holding on and trying to talk with his bat, which is all any of us hope for.

I did not think he would be able to pinch hit as well as he has. I was wrong about that.

Against the Sox in the Thursday game, I was honestly ready to hang up the season. If any of you knew me, you would know Im like the most optimistic person. Im one to believe it’s never over until its over, even if its the bears down 10 with a minute left and kyle orton as our qb (yes, that is pathetic, bc its kyle freakin orton). You get my point. That was as low as 2007, just before Lou blew up. I was devastated. All it took was one inning, and look at us now: We’ve won 4 in a row.

1. Kevin Gregg, never thought he would replace Wood, he has actually thrown better than Wood. Please keep it up.
2. Bradley, I never thought he would hit above .220 this year, he still needs to hit better, however he is starting to come around. Don’t go on the DL

I did a post like this saying I was wrong about Fontenot. This year, I’ve been a believer in Fonty and am slightly tempted to throw up my hands and say I was wrong again. But I’m still believing. I think he’s going to pull out of this, at least when he gets back to playing just 2B v. just RHP.

The guy I was totally wrong about was Raul Ibanez, who has been murdering the ball this year. I thought giving Bradley a deal with a time-played clause that could knock his deal down to two years was much better than signing Ibanez for three. But that clause has given Bradley incentive to play injured and therefore underperform miserably. It would have been better to sign him for three years or to have signed Ibanez.

Though his hot streak will even out eventually.

I was wrong about Dome at the start of the season, but he has become what I thought he would, just took longer.

I certainly didn’t think Kevin Gregg would be respectable.

I have to admit at this point I actually have a more optimistic taste rather than the last month.

My sin was the dismissing of DLee as a middle of the order hitter. I wanted him moved down to 6 in the order and given a couple of days off a week for Hoff to play. In the immortal words of some preacher…I have sinned, please forgive me.

I thought he was turning into an old Julio Franco, losing bat speed and pitch selection. He’s turning into Paul Konerko with a better glove. And carrying this Cubs team like he never has before.

I should have thrown in a poll when I first put up this post. I was convinced most people would have said Gregg.

I loved Wood and saw a lot of potential in Marmol. I didn’t want to see somebody other than those two closing. I’ve been shown differently. Thank god .

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